HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 382        FILED ON: 1/12/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 862

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Lenny Mirra

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to protecting coastal communities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Lenny Mirra

2nd Essex

1/11/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 382        FILED ON: 1/12/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 862

By Representative Mirra of Georgetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 862) of Lenny Mirra relative to protecting coastal communities.  Environment and Natural Resources.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 962 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to protecting coastal communities.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 40 of Chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "section", in line 493, the following:- “provided, that when establishing such regulations, the commissioner shall permit the construction of a coastal engineering structure, as defined by 310 CMR 10.23, on coastal dunes when an emergency or exigent situation occurs, as determined by the commissioner.”